Latest articles by Rob Hughes
The Black Crowes' Rich Robinson picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and names the album that brings him joy every time he listens to it
He’s defended students in court, ordered cops to stop assaulting fans, and played free shows when he was warned against it – and while identifying with the prog genre, he believes he was proto-punk too
Powered by Jan Akkerman's guitar and Thijs van Leer's Hammond organ, Sylvia helped pave the way for the rapid rise to fame of Dutch proggers Focus
The story of the criminally short-lived Swindon prog quartet Tin Spirits' second album, 2014's Scorch
Buying guide The past 12 months may go down in history as a period of tumult and turmoil, but on the positive side, rock'n'roll is very much alive and well – as the best 50 albums of 2023 reflect
Buying guide Pioneering indie label Stiff Records was home to some of the great music of the 70s and 80s, from Ian Dury to The Pogues, The Damned and beyond. And these are the labe's best albums
Knocked up in a hurry, intended as a B-side and with a title the band were all originally “ashamed of”, Shakin' All Over was an instant hit and a huge influence over those who followed
Although I don’t eat every day, everything’s going all right for me. It could be worse than this
The story of Jimi Hendrix’s iconic appearance at 1969’s Woodstock festival
Break The Dark, his first album in more than a decade, combines electronic music, programming and messing around
Prog-pop mastermind on the power of failure, writing for the Monkees and more
One of the roots world’s most interesting, commanding storytellers, Grace Potter returns with her most powerful set of songs yet
The Hives frontman Pelle Almqvist picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and celebrates the beauty of 'six beers music'
Buying guide Iconic Beatle John Lennon's solo albums are full of timeless pop, but be prepared for avant-jazz, birdsong, politics and primal screaming too
In 1965 the musicians who'd become Pink Floyd were searching for a sound: then they ditched their R&B repertoire for much freakier fare
Gregg Allman's ghosts drove him to do terrible things to himself; they also helped drive people who cared for him away. But without those ghosts he might never have been the artist he became
In October 1972, Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant and Jimmy Page travelled to Bombay to jam with Indian musicians. This is what happened
Norwegian proggers Motorpsycho are very much a law unto themselves and in 2017 released the epic double album The Tower
Banned by the BBC, Roxanne put The Police on the road to superstardom when a radio station in Texas embraced Sting's song about love in a red light district
Dumped by a girlfriend, Justin Hayward remembered a gift she had given him and started writing a song that became a multimillion-selling, era-defining classic – and earned him not a penny
In 2020, Classic Rock sat down with late ex-Whitesnake guitarist Bernie Marsden to talk fistfights with UFO, patching things up with David Coverdale and meeting James Bond
Two Sides Of The Moon cost $200,000 to record, but no amount of money could fix the real problem: it was an absolute mess
